On 2018-08-29 23:16:53 (+0200), Steve Allen wrote:
I know that cell phones in Mozambique use what tzdb says. I cannot say what outlying villages and people without cell phones use, other than that there is no such thing as precise timing of civil events and transportation departures/arrivals as in most modern cultures.
Why spoil the fun with precision? In many parts of the world, time is more like a lake than a river.
So I cannot say for sure whether this is a mistake, an official doing these calculations the way things used to work, or whether outlying towns still set their clocks using a stick in the ground. I have no contacts to dive deeper into Mozambican government, so I wonder if anyone else can find out more.
According to a contact in Maputo, Mozambique really is on UTC+2 all year round as recorded in the tzdb. He points out that "there are a lot of clueless people in key positions" though. Perhaps the official making the lunar eclipse calculations is one of them. I have asked for more insights. :) Philip -- Philip Paeps Senior Reality Engineer Ministry of Information